Strong gradient wind gusts blew down a few trees in the southern part of Cumberland County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Strong gradient wind gusts blew down a few trees in the southern part of Cumberland County.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 900 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED EARLIER FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33 FOR THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE MID STATE UNTIL 09Z. CURRENTLY IN THE MID STATE A STATIONARY FRONT RUNS FROM JUST SOUTH OF WAVERLY THROUGH COLUMBIA TO SOUTH OF MANCHESTER. WITHIN THE PAST HOUR IN THE MID STATE A LINE OF STORMS CROSSED THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE MID STATE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. THE BNA 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS SFC WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH 43 KNOTS AT 2K FEET AND 65 KNOT AT 6K FEET. THESE STORMS COULD EASILY MIXED WINDS DOWNWARD TO THE SFC AND PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE...RUN ALONG AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT RUNS FROM SAVANNAH TO NEAR TUPELO TO JUST EAST OF GREENWOOD. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33 FOR OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WAS ISSUED FOR THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. WILL UPDATE FORECAST ZONES LATER TONIGHT AS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND PRECIPITATION ADVANCES TO THE EAST AND ENDS FROM THE WEST. NO CHANGES NEEDED AT PRESENT TIME. PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 20Z SHOWS A 985 MB LOW CENTERED OVER KANSAS WITH A WARM FRONT JUST NORTH OF NASHVILLE, AND A COLD FRONT STILL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY STILL WELL TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MID STATE NEAR THE COLD FRONT. A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO ADVECT WARM, MOIST AIR INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS. AS A RESULT, WILL KEEP A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RELATIVELY COOL, MEANING THAT WHATEVER CONVECTION DOES DEVELOP WILL BE LOW-TOPPED AND SMALL HAIL CAN DEVELOP IN NON-CONVECTIVE CELLS WITH RELATIVELY LOW VILS. ADDITIONALLY, STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE LOW LEVELS CAN STILL BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE AS STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF DEEP CONVECTION. (THE 850 MB JET WILL INCREASE TO 60-70 KNOTS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY 00Z.) THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PULLED BACK ITS SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT, WITH THE THREAT REGION RESTRICTED TO PLACES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. .LONG TERM...ATMOSPHERIC MODELS SHOW COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH WE WONT ACTUALLY SEE THE WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COLD FRONT AS THEY ARE TODAY. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA BY THURSDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN CLOSE TO SEASONAL VALUES THROUGHOUT THE FORTHCOMING 7-DAY FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 45 58 35 54 / 100 30 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 44 52 33 52 / 100 30 10 10 CROSSVILLE 46 56 32 49 / 100 50 10 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TNZ005>011-022>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251130- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1000 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE MID STATE LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH WINDS THIS STRONG...SOME LARGE LIMBS AND SHALLOW ROOTED TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MID STATE LATER TONIGHT...POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NASHVILLE AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM... AND INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PLATEAU BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees blown down across U.S. Highway 127, Highway 68 and Coppett Road south of Crossville.
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